Orlando man dies after crash in Lake County

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Lake County that left one man dead Monday night.

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The crash happened just before 10 p.m. Monday near the intersection of County Road 46A and Sorrento Ave. near Mt. Plymouth.

According to FHP, the driver of a 2005 Chevrolet Tahoe was heading southbound on County Road 46A, approaching the intersection with Sorrento Ave., when the truck ran off the right side of the road.

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Troopers say the driver overcorrected back onto the roadway and lost control as the truck began to rotate in a counterclockwise direction.

According to FHP, the truck THEN ran off the left side of the roadway and overturned several times on the left shoulder, throwing the driver from the cab.

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The driver, identified only as a 47-year-old man from Orlando, was taken to HCA Lake Monroe Hospital and pronounced dead there.

According to a report from FHP, he was not wearing a seatbelt.

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Troopers have not said what may have caused the driver to lose control of the truck in the first place.

The crash remains under investigation.

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